{"id":22706,"date":"2023-12-22T12:40:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T17:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/?post_type=exhibit&#038;p=22706"},"modified":"2025-05-07T18:33:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T22:33:55","slug":"console-central","status":"publish","type":"exhibit","link":"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/exhibit\/console-central\/","title":{"rendered":"Console Central"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Consoole-700-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"Console central exhibit title\" class=\"wp-image-22734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Consoole-700-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Consoole-700-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Consoole-700-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Consoole-700.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dive into the stories of the most important video game systems in history\u2014from the Magnavox Odyssey (1972) to the Sony Playstation 5 (2020)\u2014in <em>Console Central<\/em>, now open just outside <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/exhibit\/egamerevolution\/\">eGameRevolution<\/a><\/em> on the museum\u2019s second floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Learn how inventor Ralph Baer created the prototypes for what would become the first home console, the Magnavox Odyssey. 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